VIDEO: Guy Taking Selfie Gets Kicked In The Head By A Passing Train Conductor

GANGCHA COUNTY, CHINA - JUNE 17: (CHINA OUT) A freight train runs on the Xining-Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, on June 17, 2006 in Gangcha County of Qinghai Province, China. The Qinghai-Tibet railway will begin trial operations on July 1 and schedule has been set for the first five trains to Tibet via the new railway, an official with the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company said. The 1,956-kilometer-long (about 1,215 miles) Qinghai-Tibet railway, linking Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, with Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, is the world's highest and longest plateau railroad and also the first railway connecting Tibet with other parts of China. Some 960 kilometers (576 miles) of its track are located 4,000 meters (13,120 feet) above sea level and the highest point is 5,072 meters (16,636 feet), according to state media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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Safety is important!

Which is probably why this train conductor kicked this young man on the side of the head.

The poster of this YouTube video decided it’d be cool to take a selfie as the train sped past behind him. Standing what he thought was a safe distance away, he started filming and…

The conductor kicked him smack on the side of the head. Guess he didn’t agree that it was a safe distance.

Regardless of what happened, we’re glad this guy’s okay.

What do you think? Did he deserve to get kicked?

We loved this so much, we slowed the kick down in a GIF. See it below!

UPDATE: Some are saying that this still proves that the conductor isn’t kicking him, but protecting him from a metal step that would have done a lot more damage than a boot.

Take a look at the photo below and let us know if you think that’s true! (Thanks for pointing this out, Tom!)

Is that a metal that was about to hit this guy’s head? That would explain why the conductor kicked — or shielded — him. (Credit: Imgur)